#Tony DeAngelo

Talk to Flyers assistant coach Brad Shaw, architect of a penalty kill that now has six short-handed goals in the past month, and one would think he'd be satisfied with its attacking mentality. And he is, to a point. But one nagging issue still eats at him, going against all of his natural coaching inclinations. The Philadelphia penalty kill may not…

Amid a five-game slide, the Philadelphia Flyers travel to the Bell Centre to battle the Montreal Canadiens. On the road against the Boston Bruins, the Flyers measured up to the best team in the NHL through two periods. Entering the third, behind 1-0, the scoreboard favored the Bruins. Boston capitalized on the powerplay to run away with the…

In the grand scheme of things, the Philadelphia Flyers' current four-game winning streak is a blip on the radar screen of the 2022-23 season. This season, the Flyers have become a hard-working and more resilient club than they were in the recent past. Over the last month or so, they've started to have more of the 25-and-younger contingent take a…

The Philadelphia Flyers make their Christmas break return tonight with a matchup against the San Jose Sharks. Tonight's game is the first of the annual three-game post-Christmas road trip on the west coast. In the Sharks' past 15 home games against the Flyers, they are 12-2-1. The most recent game between both teams was on October 23rd. The Sharks…

It's that time of year again - time to start a new year, and have some fun with predictions for the next 12 months. These are honest-to-goodness educated guesses as to what we see taking place in 2023: Some - this writer included - thought the Blues would be a force to reckon with in the Western Conference. Instead, they've lost more than they've…

It's been a long 2022 for the Flyers and their fans. The team has suffered through a lot of losses, been stricken by injuries to key players, dealt with a coaching change, and said goodbye to one of the franchise's greatest-ever players in Claude Giroux. How bad has it been? The Flyers have accumulated a putrid 24-51-12 record and earned just 60 of…

The San Jose Sharks (11-19-7, seventh Pacific) will end the year by visiting the Dallas Stars (22-9-6, first Central). The last time the Sharks visited Dallas on Nov. 11, the team scored five goals on 18 shots in Jake Oettinger's first game back from injury, but this will forever be the game in which Logan Couture fought Jamie Benn. The fight would…

Of course Nick Sirianni said Tuesday that he would not rule out playing Jalen Hurts on Christmas Eve against the Dallas Cowboys. And the quarterback said there's "definitely a chance" he'll suit up only six days after suffering a sprained right shoulder against the Chicago Bears. Does anyone believe that? Granted, the Eagles can wrap up the top…

The Toronto Maple Leafs (20-7-6) ended a two-game losing streak on Tuesday night with a big 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. They'll look to win back-to-back games with a win over the Philadelphia Flyers (11-15-7) in a rare Thursday afternoon game. Toronto is 7-2-1 in its last 10 games, while the Flyers are 3-5-2 during the same…

It sounds more like the name of a movie or a book - Waiting for Godot, Waiting for Guffman, Waiting to Begin - but for now, it remains central to this impressive, fascinating and oddly puzzling Blue Jays season. The Jays have found themselves in the standings right about where they were expected to be - among the best teams in baseball. And they've…

One of my favorite things about sports betting is that there is always an opportunity to look ahead to the future. Hours after the Colorado Avalanche won the 2022 Stanley Cup, odds for the NHL's 2023 champion were already posted at various sportsbooks. While I took some time to celebrate my futures bet victory on Colorado at+550, I've already…

As we approach the holiday season and end of the calendar year, it's time we take another look at the NHL Sour Rankings and rank the teams putting their worst foot forward in an attempt to secure the best odds at the first overall pick. Unless one of these teams has a 2019 St. Louis Blues-level turnaround, there is a good chance that one of them…

It's a potential Stanley Cup Final preview in Carolina tonight, as the Canes welcome Colorado. In such a great matchup, check out our NHL betting picks to find the edge as the Avalanche and the Hurricanes clash. We've got a potential Stanley Cup Final preview tonight in Carolina, as the first-place team in the Central division takes on the…

Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers 12/7/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Washington Capitals will be at Wells Fargo Center to take on the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. Washington is 11-12-4 on 26 points and placed sixth in the Metropolitan Division with a 4-8-3 road record on the season. The Capitals just snapped a two-game…

Welcome to VSiN's NHL Bets page. Your source for comprehensive and dynamic hockey betting analysis. Read on for odds, predictions and best bets for December 1. Follow me on to stay up to date. Thursday: There are six games scheduled for Monday, but there aren't a lot of attractive betting opportunities. Thursday's Bets: Seattle Kraken -125 I'm…

The Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils continue to roll along while defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado has played its way back into the list of the hottest teams in the NHL. The biggest surprise has to be a Seattle Kraken team that is in its second season of existence. On the other side, the teams that were the most active sellers in the last…

It's a busy Monday in the NHL with nine games on the docket. Pittsburgh Penguins winger Jake Guentzel headlines our top NHL shot prop picks for the evening. There have already been slight adjustments in the NHL shot prop markets with fewer players trading at plus-money, and the sportsbooks releasing odds much later for Monday's game than the…

There's no question that New York Islanders forward Derick Brassard cross-checked Jester Fast with 54 seconds remaining in regulation. The question is did Jesper Fast dive? (Yeah, he did.) Or was it the right time to make such a call by the officials? Either way, Brassard was given a penalty and the Rangers scored on the power play to take the full…

Ottawa Senators vs Philadelphia Flyers 11/12/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Ottawa Senators skate off with the Philadelphia Flyers in another NHL Inter-Division action on ice on Saturday. The Senators are 4-8-1 on 9 points and placed last in the Atlantic Division with a 0-4-1 road record and a -3 goal difference on the season. Ottawa lost…

The New York Rangers and the Carolina Hurricanes will battle in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference second-round series. It's time to continue our NHL odds series with a Rangers-Hurricanes prediction and pick. The Rangers defeated the Hurricanes 5-2 to force a Game 7. They got things started early when Tyler Motte slung a 35-foot shot that somehow…

The Florida Panthers will be making their first appearance on national television this season Wednesday night but Brandon Montour says he did not know anything about it. Coach Andrew Brunette says his team has bigger things on their mind than making their TNT debut. The Carolina Hurricanes have not only played four games while the Panthers were…

The Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes are set to square off in what should be a thrilling first-round matchup out of the Eastern Conference in the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. With Game 1 set for Carolina, the Bruins will look to stage a road upset against one of the best defensive teams in the league. We're back with our NHL odds series with…

It's very early in the NHL season, but the records for both the Flyers and Lightning are probably the opposite of what we expected. New coach John Tortorella has his Philly squad off to a 2-0-0 start while the Lightning have stumbled to a 1-2-0 record in their first three games. Nevertheless, oddsmakers aren't expecting a surprise in this one…

Last season the Colorado Avalanche rolled into the Stanley Cup Finals by sweeping the Nashville Predators, beating the St. Louis Blues in six games, and then sweeping the Edmonton Oilers. Colorado defeated the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning in six games to capture their third Stanley Cup in franchise history. The Avalanche entered…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Scroll Philly sports headlines on the smartphone and there's plenty about Jalen Hurts and the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles. The Phillies are in a pennant race. The Sixers have two of the biggest stars in the NBA in Joel Embiid and James Harden. The Union is one of the best teams in Major League Soccer. The Flyers? They are on…

Carolina and New York clash in a Sunday Metro matchup with two very important points on the line. We're expecting the home team to pick up the NHL moneyline win in our picks and predictions for Rangers vs. Hurricanes. The New York Rangers are coming off of a huge win on the road against the Tampa Bay Lightning, but they have a quick turnaround and…

Strap yourselves in, hockey fans. You're in for an epic night of drama. Three Game 7s will be played Saturday night as six teams clash for the right to move on to the second round. The stakes get raised in a Game 7, with every play heightened and every decision under more scrutiny. Will the Maple Leafs erase their playoff demons and end the…

The New York Rangers were not supposed to make the playoffs this season, the pundits said. experts said they definitely weren't supposed to have any chance of coming back from a 3-1 series deficit to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Yet, here the Rangers are, in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Carolina Hurricanes. No doubt, will not give them…

Today is the day! The New York Rangers open the 2022-23 NHL Season at home against the Tampa Bay Lightning. A rematch against the team that ousted them in six games at the Eastern Conference Final to leave a very bad taste in their mouths. It did something else too, made them hungry to not only get back there but win the Stanley Cup. "The hole in…

by Ben Pessah-Berlin - 10/6/2022 This Philadelphia Flyers squad is not a playoff team for the upcoming year. The team had some bad luck last year and was hoping to turn it around and start building something in Philadelphia. This is as passionate a fan base as they come. And while they will sit through a rebuild for a little while (see the 76ers),…

BRANDON - They have been dressed and ready to go for three years. Skates sharpened, sticks taped, beards grown. They have sweated in the preseason, bled in the regular season and dreamed of the postseason. And yet, when the lights dimmed, the music swelled and the puck dropped for the Stanley Cup finals, the Maple Leafs may as well have had their…

The Philadelphia Flyers enter the 2022-2023 season with long odds to make the NHL playoffs. Most PA online sportsbooks have the Flyers as a team with one of the highest odds to make the playoffs. Last season, the Flyers (25-46-11) finished last in the Metropolitan Division. It marked the first time the Flyers missed the playoffs in consecutive…

While the Capitals are still slumping, the Hurricanes remain red hot and will have advantages in almost every phase of the game tonight. Even on the road, the Canes should come away with a fairly comfortable two points - as our NHL betting picks explain. The slumping Washington Capitals, losers of three straight games, welcome the red-hot Carolina…

Published every Wednesday, we will take stock of all 32 teams and move them up and down as the season progresses based on their weekly performance. The reason? To ascertain a clear hierarchy of teams by the conclusion of the season, and also because lists are fun. (Scroll to the very bottom to see your favorite team). Last season, 15 of the top 16…

If there was ever a year to tank in the NHL, this is it. The 2023 Draft Class is considered to be the deepest in almost a decade and is headlined by Connor Bedard, who is drawing comparisons to Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews and Nathan MacKinnon as a potential franchise-changing prospect. Bedard is the consensus No. 1 pick but the class of'23 goes…

The 2022-23 NHL season is quickly approaching! The preseason is well underway and we're less than 10 days from NHL opening night! We previewed the Atlantic Division on Monday, and the Central Division on Tuesday. We're halfway through and conclude the two Eastern Conference divisions with the Metropolitan Division. We'll be going alphabetically…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Scroll Philly sports headlines on the smartphone and there's plenty about Jalen Hurts and the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles. The Phillies are in a pennant race. The Sixers have two of the biggest stars in the NBA in Joel Embiid and James Harden. The Union is one of the best teams in Major League Soccer. The Flyers? They are on…

The NHL pre-season also brings with it prediction season. I always get a kick out of whipping up my hottest of takes and watching the frenzied replies trickle in on social media. Bring'em on. So let's dive into prediction season with a fantasy hockey twist. Here are my 10 boldest takes for the 2022-23 fantasy campaign. Makar amassed 117 points in…

The Philadelphia Flyers are a bit of a mess. The 2022-23 NHL season is on the horizon and it's hard to really find any real reason to be optimistic about this team other than the Head Coach having a reputation to turn water into wine. If you're looking to bet on the Flyers this season, it probably seems like a waste of money. But just because the…

The Philadelphia Flyers were caught in purgatory over the past couple of seasons and didn't do anything this summer to clarify the direction of the team. Rather than trade away assets and begin rebuilding, the Flyers made big commitments to veterans Rasmus Ristolainen and Tony DeAngelo while not making any notable changes to improve a forward group…

The Stanley Cup Champions begin their quest to back up their previous run to the Finals. We're now back to a normal time in the NHL with no COVID restrictions and hopefully will have no COVID stoppages this time round. While I started this series last year, it was more weird and dynamic as it had been upwards of two years since the Avs last played…

For hockey fans, it's the "most wonderful time of the year"! Training camp is upon us and fans of just about every team are optimistic that this could be their year…well, maybe not Sabres fans. For us fans of the Flyers, we're apprehensive. Last year was terrible, but much of that can be attributed to young players having to fill the ranks of all…

With the series now tied at 2-2, the Carolina Hurricanes return to Raleigh looking to retake the series lead as a slight favorite per the NHL odds. Carolina was beaten badly in both games in Boston but is 31-8-4 in the confines of the PNC Arena. Let's check the latest NHL lines, stats, injury reports, and NHL odds for Bruins vs Hurricanes. We've…

With NHLtraining camps around the corner, here's an early look at the odds and our top picks forthe 2022-23 Stanley Cup. The ColoradoAvalanche won the Stanley Cup in 2021-22 after defeating the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning. There's an inner circle among thecontenders going into this season. That doesn't mean teams from outside…

Finishing last in the NHL in 2022-23 would guarantee the Blackhawks a top-three draft pick. Even if neither their 25.5% chance of winning the lottery for the first overall pick nor their 18.8% chance of gaining the second pick hit, they couldn't fall further than third. General manager Kyle Davidson likely won't outright declare that his goal for…

Episode 2 of the "Beyond the Board" docuseries follows defenseman Tony DeAngelo from the Flyers Training Center in Voorhees to the familiar confines of the Hollydell Rink in his native Sewell, NJ, and back again. The presentation of the episode shows DeAngelo as his friends within the sport and the kids he's coached at Hollydell for the last four…

New York Islanders fans could not have asked for a better, more complete performance from their team in their opening game of the 2021 season on Thursday against the New York Rangers. The blue and orange dominated all aspects of the game en route to a 4-0 victory over their cross-town rivals, the New York Rangers. Fast forward forty-eight hours and…

The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes are set to play Game 2 of their second-round matchup at PNC Arena tonight. Game 1 was an overtime thriller in Raleigh. Both teams were coming off series with a tremendous amount of goals, but only three were scored in Game 1. In the first period, an error by Carolina let Alexis Lafreniere slide down the…

There comes a time in the hockey offseason where news dries up and the content machine slows to a crawl. This phenomenon usually occurs around August-September. It's far enough from the draft and free agency that nothing new has come, and too far from the preseason to make any big predictions. This time of the year is commonly referred to (by me)…

Our feature grading the positional depth of each NHL team continues this week, with a focus on the blueline. If you missed our prior talent tiers, they are referenced below - please check them out. Our approach to grading defencemen will be similar, but not identical to the way we evaluated forwards. We overweight top-four defenders - for most…